Photography how-to

Shadows – The Forgotten Element That Can Make (or Break) A Photograph
As photographers, we obsess over light. How much of it, the direction it’s coming from, the color and so on…

An Introduction to Macro Photography
Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, and once you start, you will quickly become addicted.

Time Lapse Still Digital Photography Technique by Ziv Haparnas
Time lapse photography is a technique that allows to quickly and visually convey processes that take a long time in real life.

Night Photography: Photographing The Moon In The Landscape by David Rose
Photographers have been trying to utilize the light of the moon in their landscape photography ever since the photographic process was invented.

Portrait Photography: Tips and Methods
Portrait is defined as, “A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.” In the area of portrait photography there are some guidelines that you should consider when you go to take photos of people.

SLR and not SLR cameras overview
First of all, almost all the cameras can be divided into two groups : mirror and not mirror cameras.

Golden section in photography
For many centuries, to build a harmonious compositions artists from the “Golden Section”.

Digital photography RAW format
Digital cameras typically offer multiple formats save the image : JPEG, TIFF, RAW.
The JPEG algorithm uses data compression, which is an irreversible loss of information (which was, incidentally, to a certain level compression these losses almost invisible, but the file size is produced relatively small).

Cameras and Lenses – A brief description of cameras and lens choice
35mm fixed lens cameras – Thanks to today’s technology there are many fine “point and shoot” cameras on the market. Compact and lightweight, with auto-focus and auto-exposure they are well suited to travel photography. If possible, use one that has a manual override for the exposure settings. However, be careful of the auto focus. Make sure it is focusing on your subject, and not another area of the photograph.

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